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Personal:
Levy of 1939
22.22
Levy of 1940
.08
Real estate:
Levy of 1939
556.07
Levy of 1940
7.07
Motor vehicle excise:
Levy of 1935
.35
Levy of 1936
90.73
Levy of 1937
137.15
Levy of 1938
50.01
Levy of 1939
11.26
Levy of 1940
1.46
5,224.76
$5,290.85
Payments to treasurer:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$291.66
1938
2,019.38
1939
1,549.81
January 1 to November 19,
1940
1,285.48
$5,146.33
Adjustments: 1938:
Interest on taxes reported as Motor Vehicle excise taxes 1937 $5.95
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1939:
Interest on taxes reported as:
Property taxes 1937 54.09
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1938 1.19
61.23
Audit adjustments November 19, 1940:
Interest on taxes reported as:
Poll taxes 1940
2.00
Real estate taxes 1939
.40
2.40
Cash balance November 19, 1940: Poll:
Levy of 1938
$1.35
Levy of 1939
5.58
Levy of 1940
8.75
Property :
Levy of 1938
.72
Personal:
Levy of 1939
3.41
Real estate:
Levy of 1939
53.93
Levy of 1940
4.06
Motor vehicle excise:
Levy of 1937
.18
Levy of 1939
1.45
Levy of 1940
1.46
80.89
$5,290.85
Tax Titles
Balance November 24, 1937, per
previous audit $4,882.53
Tax Titles taken: 1938:
Taxes 1936
$131.10
Interest and costs
9.55
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1939:
Taxes 1937
49.96
190.61
Added to tax titles:
1938:
Taxes 1937
$131.10
Taxes 1938
931.62
Interest and costs
5.76
1939:
Taxes 1937
5.70
Taxes 1938
102.95
Taxes 1939
588.70
1,765.83
$6,838.97
Tax titles redeemed :
1938
$1,094.97
1939
4,077.66
Balance December 31, 1939
1,666.34
$6,838.97
Balance January 1, 1940
$1,666.34
Added to tax titles January 1 to
November 19, 1940 - Taxes 1940 183.18
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940:
Interest and costs and record-
ing fees not previously re- ported
39.67
Overpayment, to be refunded
5.00
$1,894.19
Tax titles redeemed January 1 to November 19, 1940 $1,202.82
Audit adjustments November 19, 1940:
Added to tax titles in error- Taxes 1939 2.80
Redemptions less than tax title value 2.40
$5,172.63
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Abatements not previously reported 15.31
Abatements of tax titles re- ported as real estate taxes 1939 14.00
Adjustment of previous out- standing list 6.50
Lands of low value foreclosed,
not previously reported
73.28
Balance November 19, 1940, per list 577.08
$1,894.19
Additional Interest and Costs on Tax Titles
Collections November 24, 1937 to November 19, 1940
$822.98
Payments to treasurer:
1938
$154.48
1939
550.65
January 1 to November 19, 1940
117.85
$822.98
Selectmen Licenses and Permits
Cash on hand December 16,
1937, per previous audit
$5.00
Licenses and permits issued: 1938:
Liquor
$700.00
Common victuallers'
13.00
Junk
30.00
Miscellaneous
11.35
1939:
Liquor
1,150.00
Common vietuallers'
13.00
Junk
25.00
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Miscellaneous
22.00
1,964.35
$1,969.35
Payments to treasurer:
December 16 to 31, 1937
$4.00
1938
755.35
1939
1,210.00
$1,969.35
Licenses and permits issued January 1 to December 12,
1940:
Liquor
$1,025.00
Common victuallers'
14.00
Junk
35.00
Miscellaneous
27.00
$1,101.00
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to November 19,
1940
$1,091.00
November 20 to December 12,
1940
9.00
$1,100.00
Cash on hand December 12,
1940, verified 1.00
$1,101.00
Town Clerk Reconciliation of Cash
Cash balances December 16,
1940, per tables:
Dog licenses
$79.80
Sporting licenses
32.75
$112.55
Balance December 16, 1940:
First National Bank of Ayer
$82.52
Cash in office, verified
30.03
$112.55
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First National Bank of Ayer
Balance December 16, 1940, per statement $82.55
Balance December 16, 1940, per check book
$82.52
Unlocated difference December
16, 1940
.03
$82.55
Town Clerk
Dog Licenses
Cash balance December 7, 1937,
per previous audit
$2.00
Licenses issued:
December 7 to 31, 1937:
Females
2 @ $5.00
$10.00
1938 :
Males
213 @
2.00
426.00
Females
67 @
5.00
335.00
Spayed females 40 @
2.00
80.00
Kennel
1 @
50.00
50.00
Kennel
1 @ 25.00
25.00
Transfer licenses 2 @
.25
.50
1939:
Males
189 @
2.00
378.00
Females
60 @
5.00
300.00
Spayed females 45 @
2.00
90.00
Kennel
1 @ 50.00
50.00
Kennel
1 @ 25.00
25.00
1,769.50
$1,771.50
Payments to treasurer:
1938
$861.20
1939
785.60
$1,646.80
Fees retained by town clerk:
1938, 2 @ $.25 & 325 @ $.20 65.50
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1939 296 @ .20 59.20
124.70
$1,771.50
Licenses issued January 1 to
December 16, 1940:
Males
169 @ $2.00
$338.00
Females
49 @ 5.00
245.00
Spayed females
47 @ 2.00
94.00
Kennel
1 @ 50.00
50.00
Kennel
1 @ 25.00
25.00
$752.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 19, 1940 $608.80
November 20 to December 16, 1940 10.00
$618.80
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to December 16, 1940 267 @ $.20
53.40
Cash balance December 16, 1940
79.80
$752.00
Town Clerk Sporting Licenses
Cash balance December 7, 1937, per previous audit Licenses issued :
$4.00
December 7 to 31, 1937:
Resident citizens' hunting
1 @ $2.00
$2.00
1938:
Resident citizens' fishing
92 @
2.00
184.00
Resident citizens' hunting
34 @
2.00
68.00
Resident citizens' sporting
25 @
3.25
81.25
Resident citizen minors' and
females' fishing 31 @
1.25
38.75
Resident citizen minor's trap- ping
1 @
2.25
2.25
Resident citizens' trapping
5 @
5.25
26.25
Non-resident citizen's fishing
1
@
5.25
5.25
Duplicate licenses
3
@
.50
1.50
1939:
Resident citizens' fishing 85 @ 2.00
170.00
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Resident citizens' hunting 58 @ 2.00
116.00
Resident citizens' sporting 27 @
3.25
87.75
Resident citizen minors' and females' fishing
16 @
1.25
20.00
Resident citizens' trapping 6 @
5.25
31.50
Duplicate licenses
2 @ .50
1.00
835.50
$839.50
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game:
1938
$353.00
1939
379.50
$732.50
Fees retained by town clerk:
1938
$46.25
1939
48.25
94.50
Cash balance December 31, 1939
12.50
$839.50
Cash balance January 1, 1940
$12.50
Licenses issued January 1 to December 16, 1940:
Resident citizens' fishing 70 @ $2.00
$140.00
Resident citizens' hunting
55 @ 2.00
110.00
Resident citizens' sporting
39 @ 3.25
126.75
Resident citizen minors' and fe-
males' fishing 12 a 1.25
15.00
Resident citizen minor's trap- ping
1 @
2.25
2.25
Resident citizens' trapping
7 @
5.25
36.75
Non-resident citizen's fishing 1 @
5.25
5.25
436.00
$448.50
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game January 1 to December 16, 1940 $368.00
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to December 16, 1940
47.75
Cash balance December 16, 1940
32.75
$448.50
Police Department
Cash balance November 24,
1937, per previous audit, $5.50
Revolver permits issued:
1938 $7.50
1939
5.50
13.00
$18.50
n
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Payments to treasurer:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$5.50
1938
7.50
1939
5.50
$18.50
Revolver permits issued Janu- ary 1 to December 14, 1940 $5.50
Payments to treasurer Novem-
ber 19 to December 14, 1940
$5.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Cash balance December 16, 1937,
per previous audit
$19.56
Sealing fees:
1938
$76.42
1939
79.64
156.06
$175.62
Payments to treasurer:
December 16 to 31, 1937
$19.56
1938
76.42
1939
79.64
$175.62
Sealing fees January 1 to De- cember 12, 1940
$72.32
Payments to treasurer: January 1 to November 19, 1940
$70.61
November 20 to December 12,
1940
1.71
$72.32
Health Department Licenses and Permits
Licenses and permits issued : 1938:
Pasteurization
$30.00
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Denatured alcohol 1.00
$31.00
1939:
Milk
$8.50
Pasteurization 20.00
Ice Cream Manufacturer's
5.00
Denatured alcohol
2.00
Garbage
14.00
Swine
5.00
54.50
$85.50
Payments to treasurer:
1938
$31.00
1939
54.00
$85.00
Cash balance December 31, 1939
.50
$85.50
Cash balance January 1, 1940
$.50
Licenses and permits issued
January 1 to December 19,
1940:
Milk
$10.50
Pasteurization
20.00
Ice Cream Manufacturer's
5.00
Denatured alcohol
6.00
Garbage
16.00
Swine
4.00
61.50
$62.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 19, 1940 and December 19, 1940
$34.00
Cash on hand December 19, 1940, verified
28.00
$62.00
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Public Welfare Department
Temporary Aid-Accounts Receivable
Outstanding November 24, 1937, per previous audit $319.43
Charges:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$63.25
1938
1,111.42
1939
2,422.84
3,597.51
$3,916.94
Payments to treasurer:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$44.43
1938
1,325.82
1939
1,994.93
$3,365.18
Outstanding December 31, 1939
551.76
$3,916.94
Outstanding January 1, 1940 $551.76
Charges January 1 to Novem- ber 19, 1940 1,959.83
Audit adjustment November
19, 1940:
Charges not previously re- ported 269.89
$2,781.48
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 19, 1940 $788.21
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940:
Disallowances not previously reported 216.70
Outstanding November 19, 1940, per list 1,776.57
$2,781.48
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Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable Outstanding November 24, 1937, per previous audit $449.54
Charges:
1938
$609.26
1939
882.58
1,491.84
$1,941.38
Payments to treasurer:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$287.54
1938
609.26
1939
947.57
$1,844.37
Outstanding December 31, 1939
97.01
$1,941.38
Outstanding January 1, 1940.
$97.01
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940 :
Charges not previously re- ported
1,010.49
$1,107.50
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 19, 1940 $38.33
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940:
Disallowances not previously reported 63.35
Outstanding November 19, 1940, per list 1,005.82
$1,107.50
Public Welfare Department
Old Age Assistance-Accounts Receivable
Outstanding November 24, 1937, per previous audit $1,193.05
Charges: 1938 $8,206.65
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1939
9,855.60
18,062.25
$19,255.30
Payments to treasurer:
November 24 to December 31,
1937
$877.82
1938
8,240.53
1939
9,436.87
Outstanding December 31, 1939
$18,555.22 700.08
$19,255.30
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$700.08
Charges January 1 to Novem- ber 19, 1940 8,110.48
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940:
Charges not previously re- ported 32.96
$8,843.52
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 19, 1940 $7,847.31
Disallowances January 1 to No- vember 19, 1940 140.29
Audit adjustment November 19, 1940:
Disallowances not previously reported
166.50
Outstanding November 19, 1940, per list 689.42
$8,843.52
State Aid Accounts Receivable
Outstanding November 24, 1937, per previous audit $240.00
Charges:
1938
$445.00
1939
420.00
865.00
$1,105.00
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Payments to treasurer :
1938
1939
$240.00 415.00
Outstanding December 31, 1939,
$655.00 450.00
$1,105.00
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$450.00
Audit adjustment November 19,
1940:
Charges not previously re-
ported 205.00
$655.00
Audit adjustment November 19,
1940:
Disallowances not previously reported
$45.00
Outstanding November 19, 1940
610.00
$655.00
Military Aid Accounts Receivable
Outstanding November 24, 1937, per previous audit $38.00
Charges:
1938
$40.00
1939
136.67
176.67
Payments to treasurer :
1938
$38.00
1939
45.00
$83.00
131.67
Outstanding December 31, 1939 $214.67
Outstanding January 1, 1940 $131.67
$214.67
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Audit adjustment November 19, 1940: Charges not previously re- ported 382.58
Outstanding November 19, 1940
$514.25 $514.25
Library Department
Cash balance December 16, 1937.
per previous audit $4.56
Receipts:
December 16 to 31, 1937
$1.20
1938
53.19
1939
41.03
95.42
$99.98
Payments to treasurer:
December 16 to 31, 1937
$5.76
1938
53.19
1939
41.03
$99.98
Receipts January 1 to Novem- ber 19, 1940 $31.45
Payments to treasurer:
January 1 to November 19,
1940
$26.00
November 20 to December 13,
1940
4.00
$30.00
Cash on hand December 13,
1940, verified 1.45
$31.45
Cemetery Department
Cash on hand December 13, 1937, per previous audit $6.00
Oustanding December 13, 1937, per previous audit 76.00
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Receipts:
December 13 to 31, 1937:
Lowering device
$48.00
1938 :
Sale of lots and graves
250.00
Lowering device
57.00
Sale of lumber
41.30
1939:
Sale of lots and graves
128.00
Lowering device
57.00
Annual Care
51.00
Interments
319.00
Foundations
47.75
Sale of lumber
150.00
1,149.05
$1,231.05
Payments to treasurer:
December 13 to 31, 1937
$94.00
1938
348.30
1939
782.75
$1,225.05
Outstanding December 31, 1939
6.00
Receipts January 1 to December
18, 1940:
Sale of lots and graves
$207.00
Lowering device
63.00
Annual care
380.50
Interments
515.00
Foundations
191.35
Sale of lumber
25.00
1,381.85
$1,387.85
Payments to treasurer: January 1 to November 19, 1940
$1,027.50
November 20 to December 18,
1940 228.35
$1,255.85
$1,231.05
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$6.00
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Outstanding December 18, 1940, per list Cash on hand December 18, 1940, verified
6.00
126.00
$1,387.85
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
Cash
Savings Deposits
Less-Due Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$25.00
$26,227.66
$26,252.66
On hand at end of year 1937
$25,953.17
$25,953.17
On hand at end of year 1938
$25,823.39
$12.50
$25,810.89
On hand at end of year 1939
$26,099.26 $12.50
$26,086.76
On hand November 19, 1940
$20.00
$26,562.37
$12.50
$26,569.87
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Withdrawn from savings
Relief
$350.00
deposits
$274.49
Income
50.51
Cash on hand November
24, 1937
25.00
$350.00
$350.00
1938
Withdrawn from savings
Relief
$812.00
deposits
$129.78
Income
669.72
Due Georgia E. Whitney
Charity Fund at end of
year 1938
12.50
$812.00
$812.00
1939
Income
$650.87 Added to savings deposits $275.87 Relief 375.00
Due Georgia E. Whitney
Charity Fund at end of year 1939 12.50
Due Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund at begin- ning of year 1939 12.50
$663.37 $663.37
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January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$583.11
Added to savings deposits $463.11 Relief 100.00
Due Georgia E. Whitney
Charity Fund, November 19, 1940 12.50
Due Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund, January 1, 1940 12.50
Cash on hand November 19, 1940 20.00
$595.61
$595.61
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
Due From Elizabeth White
Savings Charity Fund' Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$10,092.08
$10,092.08
On hand at end of year 1937
$10,137.31
$10,137.31
On hand at end of year 1938
$12.50
$12,293.20
$12,305.70
On hand at end of year 1939
$12.50
$12,255.45
$12,267.95
On hand November 19, 1940
$12.50
$13,882.00
$13,894.50
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Income
$45.23 Added to savings deposits $45.23
1938
Income
$248.39 Added to savings deposits $2,155.89
Relief 80.00
Due from Elizabeth White Charity Fund at end of year 1938 12.50
$2,248.39
$2,248.39
1939
Withdrawn from savings deposits
$37.75
Income
307.25
Due from Elizabeth White Charity Fund at end of year 1939
12.50
Charity Fund at begin-
ning of year 1939
12.50
$357.50
$357.50
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income $301.55 Added to savings deposits $1,626.55
1
Bequest
2,000.00
Relief $345.00
Due from Elizabeth White
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Bequest
1,500.00
Relief 175.00
Due from Elizabeth White
Charity Fund January
1, 1940
12.50
Due from Elizabeth White Charity Fund November 19, 1940 12.50
$1,814.05
$1,814.05
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Savings Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$13,661.87
$1,000.00
$14,661.87
On hand at end of year 1937
$13,451.86
$1,000.00
$14,451.86
On hand at end of year 1938
$13,402.98
$1,000.00
$14,402.98
On hand at end of year 1939
$13,459.32
$1,000.00
$14,459.32
On hand November 19, 1940
$13,738.33
$1,000.00
$14,738.33
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$297.77
deposits
$210.01
Income
87.76
$297.77
$297.77
1938
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$431.91
deposits
$48.88
Income
383.03
$431.91
$431.91
1939
Income
$342.03 Added to savings deposits $56.34
Transferred to town 285.69
$342.03
$342.03
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$279.01 Added to savings deposits $279.01
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$1,224.31
$1,224.31
On hand at end of year 1937
$1,240.38
$1,240.38
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On hand at end of year 1938
$1,477.34
$1,477.34
On hand at end of year 1939
$1,744.97
$1,744.97
On hand November 19, 1940
$1,988.41
$1,988.41
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Income
$16.07 Added to savings deposits
$16.07
1938
Income
$38.46
Added to savings deposits
$236.96
Bequests
230.00
Relief
31.50
$268.46
$268.46
1939
Income
$37.63
Added to savings deposits $267.63
Bequests
230.00
$267.63
$267.63
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$17.44
Added to savings deposits
$243.44
Bequests
230.00
Relief
4.00
$247.44
$247.44
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$548.25
$548.25
On hand at end of year 1937
$564.81
$564.81
On hand at end of year 1938
$581.87
$581.87
On hand at end of year 1939
$596.49
$596.49
On hand November 19, 1940
$597.99
$597.99
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Income
$16.56 Added to savings deposits
$16.56
1938
Income
$17.06 Added to savings deposits
$17.06
1939
Income
$14.62
Added to savings deposits
$14.62
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Bequest
$1.50 Added to savings deposits $1.50
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Cash
Savings Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$500.00
$42,559.92
$2,100.00
$45,159.92
On hand at end of year 1937
$42,495.57
$2,100.00
$44,595.57
On hand at end of year 1938
$42,916.19
$1,800.00
$44,716.19
On hand at end of year 1939
$43,281.22
$1,500.00
$44,781.22
On hand November 19, 1940 Receipts
$11.50
$45,911.40
$1,200.00
$47,122.90
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$1,148.00
deposits
$64.35
Income
533.65
Bequest
50.00
Cash on hand November
24, 1937
500.00
$1,148.00
$1,148.00
1938
Withdrawn from savings
deposits
$104.38
Securities matured 300.00
Income
1,113.80
Bequests
525.00
Transfer
from Goodnow
Fund
20.00
$2,063.18
$2,063.18
1939
Withdrawn from savings
Added to savings deposits $600.00 Transferred to town 1,615.47
deposits
$234.97
Securities matured
300.00
Income
1,060.50
Bequests
600.00
Transfer from Goodnow
Fund
20.00
$2,215.47
$2,215.47
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Securities matured
$300.00
Added to savings deposits $2,630.18 Cash on hand November
Income
941.68
Bequests
1,400.00
19, 1940 11.50
$2,641.68
$2,641.68
Added to savings deposits $525.00 Transferred to town 1,538.18
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Cemetery Surplus Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$1,177.17
$1,177.17
On hand at end of year 1937
$1,194.83
$1,194.83
On hand at end of year 1938
$1,173.52
$1,173.52
On hand at end of year 1939
$978.40
$978.40
On hand November 19, 1940 Receipts
$993.44
$993.44
November 24 to December 31, 1937 $17.66 Added to savings deposits
Income
1938
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$51.35
deposits
$21.31
Income
30.04
$51.35
$51.35
1939
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$225.27
deposits
$195.12
Income
30.15
$225.27
$225.27
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$15.04 £ Added to savings deposits $15.04
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$1,476.00
$1,476.00
On hand at end of year 1937
$1,489.75
$1,489.75
On hand at end of year 1938
$1,498.55
$1,498.55
On hand at end of year 1939
$1,504.64
$1,504.64
On hand November 19, 1940
$1,505.65
$1,505.65
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Income
$38.75 Added to savings deposits
$13.75
Transferred to town 25.00
$38.75
$38.75
Payments
$17.66
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1938
Income
$33.80
Added to savings deposits $8.80
Transferred to town 25.00
$33.80
$33.80
1939
Income
$31.09 Added to savings deposits
$6.09
Transferred to town 25.00
$31.09
$31.09
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$1.01 Added to savings deposits $1.01
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
Cash
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand November 24, 1937
$68.75
$86,704.80
$86,773.55
On hand at end of year 1937
$82,246.51
$82,246.51
On hand at end of year 1938
$82,421.58
$82,421.58
On hand at end of year 1939
$82,475.43
$82,475.43
On hand November 19, 1940
$105.00
$84,202.98
$84,307.98
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Withdrawn from savings
Transferred to town
$4,721.75
deposits
$4,458.29
Income 194.71
Cash on hand November
24, 1937 68.75
$4,721.75
$4,721.75
1938
Income
$2,051.70
Added to savings deposits $175.07
Transferred to town 1,876.63
$2,051.70
$2,051.70
1939
Income
$2,052.97
Added to savings deposits $53.85
Transferred to town 1,999.12
$2,052.97
$2,052.97
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January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$1,832.55 Added to savings deposits $1,727.55 Cash on hand November 19, 1940 105.00
$1,832.55
$1,832.55
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
In Custody of Trustees
Savings Deposits
On hand November 24, 1937
$3,465.38
Total $3,465.38
On hand at end of year 1937
$3,465.53
$3,465.53
On hand at end of year 1938
$3,465.54
$3,465.54
On hand at end of year 1939
$3,465.54
$3,465.54
On hand November 19, 1940
$3,465.54
$3,465.54
Receipts
Payments
November 24 to December 31, 1937
Income
$33.15
Added to savings deposits
$ .15
Evangelical Church
13.00
Woodlawn Cemetery 20.00
$33.15
$33.15
1938
Income
$84.46
Added to savings deposits
$ .01
Evangelical Church 64.45
Cemetery perpetual care fund
20.00
$84.46
$84.46
1939
Income
$71.96
Evangelical Church
$51.96
Cemetery perpetual care
fund
20.00
$71.96
$71.96
January 1 to November 19, 1940
Income
$40.00 Evangelical Church $40.00
Town of Acton BALANCE SHEET - November 19, 1940 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
In Banks and Office
$61,424.18
Accounts Receivable : Poll Taxes:
In Anticipation of Revenue 1940
$40,000.00
State Tax and Assessments 1940
9,407.16
Levy of 1938
$14.00
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
19.35
Levy of 1939
146.00
Road Machinery Fund
886.14
Levy of 1940
384.00
County-Dog Licenses
292.40
544.00
Property Taxes :
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance:
Levy of 1938
74.62
Personal Taxes:
Administration
$36.74
Levy of 1939
$1,180.28
Assistance
3,357.93
Levy of 1940
1,850.83
3,394.67
Tailings
66.35
Levy of 1939
$13,945.94
Levy of 1940
30,404.13
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
7,113.58
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1937
$182.65
Levy of 1938
$88.62
Levy of 1938
8.25
Levy of 1939
334.19
Levy of 1939
1,659.61
Levy of 1940
590.18
Levy of 1940
2,052.27
1,115.27
3,800.50
3,031.11
Real Estate Taxes:
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
24,770.61
44,350.07
Temporary Loans:
Tax Titles and Possessions: Tax Titles
$572.08
Tax Title Possessions
73.28
Departmental:
Sundry
$72.00
Public Welfare
1,776.57
Aid to Dependent Children
1,005.82
Old Age Assistance
689.42
State Aid
610.00
Military Aid
514.25
State and County Aid to Highways:
State, Chapter 90
$2,243.83
State, Chapter 81
167.18
County, Chapter 81
167.18
2,578.19
502.62
20,054.55
Tax Judgments-Motor Vehicle Excise Estimated Receipts-To be Collected Due from Trust Funds:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
$1,640.15
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund 1,781.14
Library-Book Account 251.53
3,672.82
Overdrawn Accounts:
Interest on Fixed Debt
$86.26
Highways-Chapter 81
239.00
Highways-Chapter 90
334.36
659.62
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $1,115.27
Tax Title 645.36
Departmental
4,668.06 State and County Aid to
Highways
2,578.19
9,006.88
Surplus Revenue
44,562.83
4,668.06
$143,320.47
$143,320.47
645.36
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt $5,000.00 High School Loan $5,000.00
Trust Funds
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer
$191,719.07
In Custody of Trustees
3,465.54
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Elizabeth White Charity Fund Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
$26,569.87
13,894.50
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
14,738.33
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
1,988.41
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
597.99
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds
47,122.90
Cemetery Surplus Fund
993.44
Luke Blanchard Cemetery
Fund
1,505.65
Susan Noyes Hosmer Ceme-
tery Fund
84,307.98
$191,719.07
In Custody of Trustees: Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$195,184.61
$195,184.61
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON MASSACHUSETTS
TED
NI
1735.
ACTON ..
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1940
In Memoriam
WALTER FROTHINGHAM HALL
1935 - 1941
Kind, loyal, generous
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Mr. Samuel Knowlton, Chairman
Term expires 1941
Miss Fannie Davis
Term expires 1943
Mrs. Leland Howe
Term expires 1942
Mr. Richard Lowden
Term expires 1942
Mr. Everett Montague
Term expires 1943
Mrs. Otis Reed
Term expires 1941
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the school committee shall be held the first Tuesday of each month in the high school at 7:30 p.m. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Acting Superintendent Richard B. Greenman
Concord, Mass. Office: High School Building. Tel. 110
School Physician Dr. Ernest A. Mayell, Acton
School Nurse Mrs. Genevieve Creeley, West Acton
Attendance Officer Leonard Godfrey, West Acton
Tentative Calendar for 1941
December 30, 1940 -- All schools reopened.
January 1, 1941-Holiday (New Year's Day)
February 14, 1941-All schools close.
February 24, 1941-All schools reopen.
April 11, 1941-All schools close.
April 21, 1941-All schools reopen.
May 30, 1941-Holiday (Memorial Day).
June 6, 1941-Grades 1-6, inclusive, close
June 13, 1941-Graduation. June 20, 1941-High school closes.
September 3, 1941 -- High school reopens.
September 8, 1941-Grades 1-6, inclusive, reopen.
October 13, 1941-Holiday (Columbus Day). October 24, 1941 -- Teachers' Convention.
November 11, 1941-Holiday (Armistice Day) .
November 26, 1941-All schools close.
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December 1, 1941-All schools reopen.
December 19, 1941-All schools close.
December 29, 1941-All school reopen.
January 1, 1942-Holiday (New Year's Day) .
No School Signal-Time 7:00 A. M. (all schools)
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